Re: Thanks
Subject: Re: Thanks
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 12/31/09, 00:34
To: Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com>

Thanks, but I really am fine now, and just concentrating on getting my work done and making some money; haven't had any real problems with depression since that bout. Also just did my word count and my book is 64,000 words now, which is about how long it's supposed to be, so I've got a couple of days breathing room to go through it and improve everything plus write a nifty epilogue.

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Karen Lancaster <lancaster.karen@gmail.com> wrote:
I love you too.Maybe we can find you someone to see up there, try a different medication for anxiety? Krissy said Will is taking Paxil (often used as an alternative to Zoloft) for that very same thing.
Let's talk about it soon?
So proud of you and just want you to be happy!

On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
I just want to make sure that you know how much I appreciate everything you've done for me. I'm really trying hard to get to where I ought to have been long ago in terms of financial independence, and I think that should be accomplished soon. I didn't tell you this because I didn't want to worry you, but I had an unusually serious bout with depression that started a little over a year ago and went on for a couple of months; I didn't feel creative at all and was worried that I had somehow lost my ability to write anything worthwhile, and I couldn't really even leave the house for any length of time due to a sort of anxiety I developed. Returning that modem, for instance, sort of horrified me for some reason.Getting that first Vanity Fair piece sold was sort of a turning point and of course I have you to thank for that in terms of getting me the contact info and encouraging me to give it a try. 

Anyway, I just wanted to thank you again, because I don't do that nearly enough. I love you.